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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Y. Kitagawa, K. Mima, H. Takabe, M. Yamanaka, K. Naito, T. Hashimoto, K. Nishihara, M. Murakami, Laser Fusion Reactor Design Committee, S. Nakai
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1460-1464
Inertial Fusion Reactor Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29926
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This paper presents a conceptual design of a laser fusion reactor for direct irradiation implosion of a DT fuel pellet. The reactor is driven by a laser diode (LD)-pumped solid state laser. 4 MJ driver energy yields the maximum gain of 150. The driver will be operated at a repetition rate of 12 Hz. We propose the four module chamber-one laser system. Each module chamber is operated at 3Hz. A first wall is made of liquid-lithium-lead flows. The flows are guided by woven ceramic pipes, protecting the structural wall as well as breeding tritium. By adopting currently existing technologies, we designed a concept of a high efficiency- and high repetition rate- LD-pumped solid state laser driver.